Social Work
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is my pleasure to acknowledge and show my appreciation to those who contributed to the completion of my project.
I would like to thank my teacher for this project as it has expanded my understanding of the different theories relating to Social Work.
And last but not least I would like to express my gratitude to my friends and especially my family for the time they lent me and for guidance and understanding of the importance of this project.
Thank you all.
INTRODUCTION
According to the National Association of Social Workers Board of Director, “Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favourable to this goal. Social Work practice consists of the professional application of Social Work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends; helping people obtain tangible services; counselling and psychotherapy with individuals, families, groups and helping communities provide or improve processes. The practice of Social Work requires knowledge of human development and behaviour; of social, economic, and cultural institutions; and of the interactions of all these factors.”
The Poor Relief Department was established to relieve poverty and destitution among all members of the Jamaican society. The department provides non-institutional as well as institutional care for adults and children. In non-institutional care, clients may be on the registered roll as ward of the state, or they may be destitute persons receiving temporary assistance only. These are the indoor and outdoor poor services. Indoor poor speaks mainly to the elderly and persons with no one liable for them. Outdoor poor functions primarily as the Social Welfare Service of Local Government as it is funded by a grant from Central Government. Persons
It is my pleasure to acknowledge and show my appreciation to those who contributed to the completion of my project.
I would like to thank my teacher for this project as it has expanded my understanding of the different theories relating to Social Work.
And last but not least I would like to express my gratitude to my friends and especially my family for the time they lent me and for guidance and understanding of the importance of this project.
Thank you all.
INTRODUCTION
According to the National Association of Social Workers Board of Director, “Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favourable to this goal. Social Work practice consists of the professional application of Social Work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends; helping people obtain tangible services; counselling and psychotherapy with individuals, families, groups and helping communities provide or improve processes. The practice of Social Work requires knowledge of human development and behaviour; of social, economic, and cultural institutions; and of the interactions of all these factors.”
The Poor Relief Department was established to relieve poverty and destitution among all members of the Jamaican society. The department provides non-institutional as well as institutional care for adults and children. In non-institutional care, clients may be on the registered roll as ward of the state, or they may be destitute persons receiving temporary assistance only. These are the indoor and outdoor poor services. Indoor poor speaks mainly to the elderly and persons with no one liable for them. Outdoor poor functions primarily as the Social Welfare Service of Local Government as it is funded by a grant from Central Government. Persons
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